Hat-lining



(No Model.)

A. HOEN.

HAT LINING.

No. 277,729. Patented May 15,1883.

WITNESSES INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST HOEN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HAT-LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,729, dated May 15, 1883. Application filed December 21, 1882. No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUST HOEN, of Ba]- timore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linings for Hats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the annexed drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to hat-linin gs that are formed of acen tralcolored strip and side strips of lace, net-work, or other material, that'are sewed to the'centralstrip,the central strip being made of heavier materialin order that the brand of the manufacturer may be stamped thereon.

My invention consists in providing by any printing process an imitation of the above-described lining, which shall be adapted for the same use, and which shallhave the advantage of being veryinexpensive, and at the same time more durable than the latter. I

In the drawing, A indicates a single piece of clothsuch as muslin or other inexpensive fabric--upon which is printed a central stripe, B, and side stripes, O O, and along the edges of the central stripe are printed broken lines D, to represent stitches of thread by which the securing-pieces are apparently sewed together. The number of stripes or their relative arrangement may be varied at will. The side stripes may represent tulle or other open lace-work in white lines, produced by pressing the threads of the respective material in a soft material-such as lead or any other suit able substance-thereby producing a printingblock which will, when the open spaces between the meshes are charged and printed with colored ink, represent the lace or other material in its natural characteristics, as being placed on silk or other colored background. A printing-plate representing the lace or other fabric in a natural way may also be procured by the photographic process.

E indicates the lace-work printed on the side stripes G.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A new article of manufacture consisting of a piece of cloth or other suitable material having printed thereon a number of stripes of different colors or patterns representing strips of silk and lace-work, substantially as and for the purpose described.

AUGUST HOEN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. HIOKEY,

T. N. HOEN. 

